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Big Bear, Little Brother
- Carl Norac, Kristin Oftedal
- Pan Macmillan
- ISBN13: 9781405051989
- Published: 06-11-2009
On the ice, the wind is blowing gently. Big Bear has stopped running. How wonderful it is to be still . . . to close his eyes . . . to dream! But the stillness is broken when Big Bear hears a cry and opens his eyes to see a child tumbling from the sky. Carl Norac's delicately woven tale of the...
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A Necklace Of Raindrops
- Joan Aiken, Jan Pienkowski
- Penguin Random House Children's UK
- ISBN13: 9780224083805
- Published: 05-11-2009
\"This is how it all began...\" From 'A Necklace of Raindrops' to 'The Patchwork Quilt', here are eight classic stories to treasure and enjoy. Beginning and ending with a birthday, this spell-binding collection conjures up a world filled with magic, where wishes can come true. A necklace of ra...
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Jamie And Angus Forever
- Fine Anne, Dale Penny
- Walker Books Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781406314014
- Published: 02-11-2009
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The Great Death
- John Smelcer
- Andersen Press Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781842709191
- Published: 08-10-2009
The visitors from downriver had strange pale skin and blue eyes, but they left a deadly sickness of red spots and fever. Thirteen-year-old Millie and her younger sister Maura were the only survivors. As the first snowflakes fell the dogs were turning wild, and it was clear that the two girls m...
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No such Thing as Dragons
- Philip Reeve
- Scholastic
- ISBN13: 9781407114835
- Published: 05-10-2009
This is a dragon story with a brilliant twist from multi award-winning writer, Philip Reeve. Ansel's new master slays dragons for a living. He says he's hunted the monstrous worms all over Christendom and has the scars to prove it. But is Brock just a clever trickster in shining armour? Ansel...
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The Graveyard Book
- Neil Gaiman, Chris Riddell
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- ISBN13: 9780747594802
- Published: 05-10-2009
When a baby escapes a murderer intent on killing the entire family, who would have thought it would find safety and security in the local graveyard? Brought up by the resident ghosts, ghouls and spectres, Bod has an eccentric childhood learning about life from the dead. But for Bod there is al...
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Traction Man Meets Turbodog
- Mini Grey
- Penguin Random House Children's UK
- ISBN13: 9780099484028
- Published: 01-10-2009
Traction Man is back! And so is Scrubbing Brush, his brave and rather bedraggled pet. But one night Scrubbing Brush myseriously vanishes and in his place is the utterly hygenic Turbodog, in indestructible Purple Plastic with Flashing Eyes, Electronic Bark and three AA batteries. But it's not t...
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X-Isle
- Steve Augarde
- Penguin Random House Children's UK
- ISBN13: 9780385610612
- Published: 01-10-2009
Ever since the floods came and washed the world away, survivors have been desperate to win a place on X Isle, the island where life is rumoured to be easier than on what's left of the mainland. Only young boys are in with a chance, the smaller and lighter the better. Baz and Ray are two of the...
